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Articles tagged with #bird species
India’s reckoning with its dangerous neighbourhood
While the recent eruption of unrest in Nepal is not uncommon for a region that remains in perpetual crisis, it does represent a dangerous new trend
Nepal is not a failed state, but it is a fragile one
Two books on the socio-political history of Nepal have lessons for the country's future
Everest cornice collapse
As spring climbing season closes, climbing guide says deaths are a warning to reduce overcrowding
Saving Lumbini’s Sarus
Sacred cranes decline as urbanisation destroys their habitat at the Buddha’s birthplace
Saving Nepal’s flyway for migrating cranes
Demoiselle Cranes flying south in autumn along the Kali Gandaki at Kagbeni with Mt Dhaulagiri looming in the background. Photos: RAJENDRA…
Eurasian Curlew visits Kathmandu after 50 years
Eurasian Curlew spotted in Bhakatpur last week. Photo: Bimita Bhandari They once used to arrive in flocks of 200 in Kosi Tappu wildlife reserve,…
Protecting the last home of the Spiny Babbler
Photo: CAROL INSKIPPThe ruined 250-year-old Gorkhali fortress of Upardang Gadi is located on the northern rim of Chitwan Valley. But that is not…
Kathmandu's silent spring
The publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring drew public attention to how pesticides had killed much of North America’s…